HOFU, Japan (AP) - Mazda, the longtime also-ran of Japanese automakers, says it came up with innovations in nearly every step of auto manufacturing for a super-efficient assembly line that rolls off vehicles at a stunning rate of one every 54 seconds.

SOCHAUX, France (AP) - Peugeot is hoping a complete makeover of its mid-sized hatchback will help turn the struggling French automaker's fortunes around- and dent the market dominance of its German rival Volkswagen.

California is one of America's most popular states for travel and tourism largely due to the incredible weather, abundance of theme parks and adventuresome atmosphere. One of the many highlights of the sunshine state is that it is also America's top wine producer (contributing 90% of all United States wines).

It's always fun to drop in on the rich and famous for a weekend - even when you're neither rich nor famous - and one of the best places in California to get an up-close look at how the other half lives is Newport Beach. Actually, if we crunch our numbers a little more, it's more like the other 10 percent, because the opulence will just dazzle you.

KATMAI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska (AP) - Kim Spanjol has seen gorillas in Congo and orangutans in Borneo. But for a honeymoon with her husband Jim O'Brien, she planned a trip to Katmai National Park and Preserve in remote Alaska, where they started seeing brown bears the minute their floatplane landed on the beach.